Acts 7:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:11 : 11 for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Ps 33:6-9 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses. 8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 50:9-9 : 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God: 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
Isa 45:7-8 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things. 8 Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
Acts 14:15 : 15 and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Acts 7:48-49
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48Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49The heaven is my throne, And the earth the {G4228} footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build Me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
Isa 45:11-12
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11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.
12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
Isa 66:1-2
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1Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
2For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Job 12:9
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9Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
Isa 48:13
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13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Job 10:8
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8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Isa 45:9
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9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Isa 29:16
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16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
Ps 95:5
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5The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
Heb 1:10
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10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
Acts 17:24
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24The God that made the world and all things {G1722} therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Jer 51:15
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15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Ps 102:25
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25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Jer 10:12
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12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
Jer 27:5
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5I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.
Isa 40:21
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21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Ps 119:73
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73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Isa 42:5
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5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Jer 25:7
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7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
Jer 32:17
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17Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
Jer 33:2
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2Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:
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40Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
Jer 18:5-6
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5Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
6O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.
Rom 9:20
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20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
1 Chr 29:16
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16O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.
Isa 41:20
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20that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Ps 89:11
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11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Isa 40:12
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12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 45:18
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18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
Isa 44:24
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24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
1 Kgs 8:27
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27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Jer 16:20
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20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Isa 51:16
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16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Job 31:15
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15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
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5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
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Ps 8:3
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3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Ps 8:6
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Exod 20:11
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Ps 7:3
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3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
Exod 4:11
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Ps 146:6
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6Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
Isa 40:25
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25To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
Isa 43:13
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